Today's workout was a lot like last week's, except that it was twenty minutes straight of one armed kettlebell exercises followed by a much shorter set of TRX exercises. Kettlebell moves were one-armed swings, halos, clean to shoulder press, Turkish getups, high pulls, squats, reverse lunges, a second set of high pulls, and . . . something else, not necessarily in that order. On my second set of high pulls, Ari had me experiment with snatches, which are not easy, but preferable to the high pulls.
TRX circuit was more forgiving, all one-handle stuff: lawnmower, stir the pot, inverted pushups, and one or two more moves. The whole thing was another memory eraser. Warmup was five minutes of alternating 30' of heavy swings with 30' of a TRX move.
Thinking of kettlebell swings as a hip-dominant exercise, and really shooting my hips back while putting the load on my hamstrings, did wonders for my form. At least insofar as Ari wasn't berating me constantly like he usually does. Also, I felt stronger today. This is the six-week mark, so I'd say my body must be responding to the training. (More on that to come in Wednesday's power-training post.)
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